The group is pressing state Attorney General Michelle Henry to enforce the state’s laws preventing local jurisdictions from outpacing the state’s gun control laws.
Pennsylvania Gun Rights, the state affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights, is specifically calling on Henry to enforce Pennsylvania’s preemption of firearm law after the City Council of Reading passed an ordinance banning the production of privately made firearms using methods such as 3D printing and unfinished parts kits.
The Reading City Council, on Aug. 26, voted to modify the city code to prohibit such residents from using such methods to assemble their own firearms.
Craig Storrs, Jr., Executive Director of Pennsylvania Gun Rights, wrote:
“This action is violative of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 21 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the State of Pennsylvania’s preemption over firearms, as well as the Supreme Court precedent set by NYSRPA v. Bruen and District of Columbia v. Heller.”
Storrs continued on:
“As the General Assembly has explicitly forbade municipalities from infringing upon the landscape of firearm regulation, the City of Reading is in violation of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the Constitution of the United States, and the Pennsylvania Crimes Code. Pennsylvania Gun Rights expects that, irrespective of any differences on the policy debate, this issue is clear-cut and that your office will notify the City of Reading that it is in violation of multiple aspects of law.”
This is a developing story.
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